Early Careers Recruitment Assistant Manager

About the Role

Deloitte, a leading employer of students in the UK, is seeking an Early Careers Recruitment Assistant Manager. This position, available across multiple UK locations including London, Reading, Birmingham, Manchester, and Glasgow, is a contract role lasting two months with an immediate start and IR35 inside compliance. The role supports Deloitte's commitment to attracting diverse student talent and delivering an outstanding recruitment experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle for early careers programs within designated business areas, ensuring diversity, commercial viability, and positive candidate interactions.
• Plan and oversee recruitment campaigns, maintain talent pipelines, guide the recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) team, and supervise assessment events and onboarding procedures.
• Build strong relationships with senior business stakeholders to assess hiring needs and provide regular recruitment updates.
• Support the Early Careers Talent Engagement strategy by organizing work experience events, attending career fairs, and delivering presentations to prospective candidates. Travel may be required.
• Track and analyze diversity metrics throughout recruitment stages and implement initiatives to meet diversity targets.
• Execute post-offer engagement plans to retain top talent and ensure a superior candidate experience.
• Collaborate on cross-functional projects beyond the assigned business areas.

Candidate Profile

• Experience in managing volume hiring, preferably within Early Careers Recruitment.
• Proven ability to develop and maintain senior stakeholder relationships.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to effectively influence and engage stakeholders.
• Strategic thinking with the ability to align recruitment activities with broader business objectives while managing operational details.
• Competence in data analysis, identifying trends, and drawing actionable insights.

Working Arrangements

This role follows Deloitte's hybrid working policy, encouraging a balance between office, virtual, client site, and remote work primarily from one of the UK Talent Acquisition hubs. Face-to-face interactions and collaboration opportunities will be provided to support career development and wellbeing.

Additional Information

Deloitte prohibits contractors from engaging through Personal Service Companies and requires all contract staff to be employed under PAYE via Deloitte-approved umbrella companies.